Molino San Juan

Interpret the mill

Unique cultural attraction

Built in the XIX century, it was the most important hydraulic mill in northern Ecuador.

Now converted into a historic house, Molino San Juan seeks to preserve and exhibit the parts and pieces of an artifact that illustrates the ingenuity and creativity of the human being.

KNOWLEDGE

Parts of the Mill

HOPPER
Where the grain that is going to be ground is deposited.FEEDING TUBE
Direct the grain to the stones, and adjust the desired amount.MORENILLO
Piece with grooves that when turning and rubbing with the gutter makes it vibrate, prevents the grain from getting stuck and its fall is constant and precise.BRIDGE
Piece of iron joined to the upper stone, transmits the movement and is its point of support.CAP
Solid piece with the shaft, adjust with the bridge to receive the movement.BRONCERA
Piece of iron subject to the inferior stone, in its central part there is a bearing to center the axis of the mill. It is the upper shaft bearing.MOTOR PULLEY
Transmits the movement to the mill.SIEVE PULLEY
Move the sieve to separate the bran from the flour.MILL HOUSING
Steel housing, a bearing that supports the weight of the tree, stone and the belt shot. Supported on a lever that allows to raise it or to lower it, with which they join or separate the stones, it is crushed or a finer flour is removed.